[Logbook of the Grampus (Steam Barkentine), of San Francisco, Calif., mastered by Henry G. Dexter, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, on voyage 11 Feb. 1888-5 Nov. 1888]

by: Grampus (Steam Barkentine); Bodfish, Hartson H. (Hartson Hartlett), logkeeper

Publication date: 1888

Topics: Dexter, Henry G., Pacific Steam Whaling Co., Bowhead whale, Finback whale, Indigenous peoples, Marine accidents, Rescues, Right whales, Seafaring life, Seals (Animals), Shipwrecks, Voyages and travels, Whalers (Persons), Whales, Whaling--California--San Francisco, Whaling masters, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Barrow, Point (Alaska)--Description and travel, Camden Bay (Alaska)--Description and travel, Chukchi Sea--Description and travel, Harrison Bay (Alaska)--Description and travel, Point Hope (Alaska)--Description and travel, Port Clarence--Description and travel, Smyth, Cape (Alaska)--Description and travel, Logbooks, Pacific Steam Whaling Co., Bowhead whale, Finback whale, Indigenous peoples, Marine accidents, Rescues, Right whales, Seafaring life, Seals (Animals), Shipwrecks, Voyages and travels, Whalers (Persons), Whales, Whaling--California--San Francisco, Whaling masters, Arctic Ocean--Description and travel, Barrow, Point (Alaska)--Description and travel, Camden Bay (Alaska)--Description and travel, Chukchi Sea--Description and travel, Harrison Bay (Alaska)--Description and travel, Point Hope (Alaska)--Description and travel, Port Clarence--Description and travel, Smyth, Cape (Alaska)--Description and travel, Logbooks

Collection: newbedfordwhalingmuseum; regionaldigitizationmass; americana

Digitizing sponsor: Federally funded with LSTA funds through the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners

Contributor: New Bedford Whaling Museum

Language: English

Log, kept by Hartson H. Bodfish, relating to a whaling voyage to the Arctic Ocean and Chukchi Sea; 1888 Feb. 11-1888 Nov. 5; Includes descriptions of types of whales (bowhead, finback, right), and seals seen or taken, accidents at sea, indigenous people, rescues, and shipwrecks. Other places represented include Port Clarence, Point Hope, Cape Smyth, Point Barrow, Harrison Bay, and Camden Bay; Repository also has microfilm of Logbook (Reel 912); Logbook also contains log (ODHS

In the collection of the New Bedford Whaling Museum Research Library